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Mouvement circulaire de la matiere dans les trois regnes by LONGET, François-Achille

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Mouvement circulaire de la matiere dans les trois regnes
Author
LONGET, François-Achille
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Germer Baillière, 1866. FIRST EDITION. First chart entirely composed of letterpress, second letterpress with two chromolithograph illustrations. Charts folded into a printed blue cartonnage chemise (some damage to edges). A remarkably well-preserved set in original condition. First edition of this monumental schema tracing the digestion of minerals to vegetables to animals. Obviously intended for instruction, these poster-sized charts could be mounted on the wall for tabular reading. The first table lists 16 mineral elements that, the author asserts, combine to form sunlight, air, and water that are necessary to produce plant life. The next part of the table lists 30 “elemental” plants and the proteins, sugars, fats, and salts that derive from them to provide food for animals. The chart then indicates the proteins, sugars, fats, and salts derived from animal meat that serve to nourish humans. The rest of the first table explains the processes of digestion and respiration in animals, including a description of the digestive fluids and the role of the veins in absorbing nutrition. The second chart covers excretions, including secretion and exhalation. The author concludes that digestion is cyclical: minerals feed plants, plants feed animals, and the excretions and putrefaction of animals reduce into minerals. Two finely colored illustrations drive home the point. OCLC finds 5 copies of this set in the U.S. (Berkeley, Chicago, Harvard, Michigan, Penn.).
Autograph Manuscript of "Mrs. Algy's Delightful Morning

Autograph Manuscript of "Mrs. Algy's Delightful Morning by Von Hutten, Bettina [Baroness von Hutten]

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Autograph Manuscript of "Mrs. Algy's Delightful Morning
Author
Von Hutten, Bettina [Baroness von Hutten]
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
1907. Very Good. An original six-page holograph manuscript from the prolific author Bettina Von Hutten (1874-1957), probably best remembered for the "Pam" series. She was born in the United States as Bettina Riddle. She married the English Shakespearean actor Henry Ainley, and later married Baron von Hutten, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, in 1897. They divorced twelve years later. The short story appeared in Volume 26 of The Windsor Magazine in 1907. It was illustrated by the popular "pretty woman" artist, Penrhyn Stanlaws. Manuscript was written on one side of 8" x 12.5" ruled paper, with a few correnctions and cross-outs. Some light aging to edges and horizontal crease where folded. Very good condition. AUTO/092013.
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Max Ernst: Les collages: inventaire et contradictions. by Spies, Werner; Max Ernst.

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Title
Max Ernst: Les collages: inventaire et contradictions.
Author
Spies, Werner; Max Ernst.
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
ISBN
9782070110827
Description
Paris: Gallimard , 1984. 34 cm; 508 pages, illustrated. Original cloth in illustrated dust jacket, in shipping slipcase. Fine but for slight discoloration of dust jacket along spine. Comprehensive catalogue of Ernst's fantastic collages. First edition in French, translated from the German by Eliane Kaufholz.

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